Review of American Flyers (1985) by Lee C — 05 Sep 2009
Oddly within a 6 year period we are given the only 2 U.S. bicycle racing movies (Breaking Away, 79), and this was years before the Greg LeMond, Lance Armstrong glory in the Tour de France.
Kevin Costner and David Marshall Grant play brothers, Costner the older Marcus and Grant the younger, more talented but rebellious David. Like a large chunk of 80's movies, to heighten the drama, they would add a medical ailment to the story, weather this was in response to the new AIDS virus is debatable but strikingly parallel. Well Costner finds out he has a brain aneurysim, he wont be able to run the race but persuades his younger brother to. It follows the script of older brother convinces younger brother to do something good, while hiding his illness from his brother, yet getting annoyed when his younger brother does not take things seriously enough until the truth comes out. The ending is predictable.
A chance to see early appearances of Alexandra Paul (Baywatch) and Rae Dawn Chong.
This review of American Flyers (1985) was written by Lee C on 05 Sep 2009.
American Flyers has generally received mixed reviews.
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